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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2025 December 20   
      
                               A Solstice Sun Tattoo   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Pace   
      
      Explanation: The word solstice is from the Latin for Sun and to pause   
      or stand still. And in the days surrounding a solstice the Sun's annual   
      north-south drift in planet Earth's sky does slow down, pause, and then   
      reverse direction. So near the solstice the daily path of the Sun   
      through the sky really doesn't change much. In fact, near the December   
      solstice, the Sun's consistent, low arc through northern hemisphere   
      skies, along with low surface temperatures, has left a noticeable   
      imprint on this path to the mountain town of Peaio in northern Italy.   
      The morning frost on the road has melted away only where the sunlight   
      was able to reach the ground. But it remains in the areas persistently   
      shadowed by the fence, tattooing in frost an image of the fence on the   
      asphalt surface.   
      
                  Tomorrow's picture: solstice on a tilted planet   
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